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EF2 Tornado — Orleans, Louisiana

2007-02-13 · near Gentilly, Orleans, Louisiana

Direct deaths

Injuries

$1.0M

Property damage

1.3 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado touched down just south of the intersections of Franklin Avenue and Prentiss Street and moved east northeast across the southern portion of Pontchartrain Park to the Industrial Canal. Roofs were blown off of several homes and the upper portions of two story houses were partially collapsed. One fatality occurred when a travel trailer was destroyed and the 86 year old occupant was fatally injured.

Wider weather episode

Isolated supercell thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours over sections of southeast Louisiana well in advance of a squall line associated with a strong upper air storm system and cold front moving through the lower Mississippi Valley. These rogue rotating supercell storms produced tornadoes as well as large hail and isolated wind damage. A tornado in Jefferson Parish destroyed 23 houses and damaged 231 others. Tornadoes in Orleans Parish destroyed 32 houses and damaged 295 others.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 16784. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.